They bought a roll of toilet paper.

他们还买了一卷卫生纸。

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(You can also achieve the same effect by slotting toilet roll carboard tubes together in series).

(你也可以把卷筒卫生纸的纸管开槽串在一起达到同样的效果)。

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The school's principal, Catherine o 'neill, wrote: "Dear parent, from time to time we will request your daughter to bring in a toilet roll to her class teacher."

学校校长凯瑟琳·奥内尔写道：“亲爱的家长，今后我校将会时常要求您的女儿携带卫生纸卷交给其班主任。”

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Here, a bewildering number of categories - from "biggest onion" to "best crocheted matinee jacket" and "best mini-landscape, in a tray, made of eggshells and toilet roll" - showcases the skill and ingenuity of the community.

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What seems like a ritual to others is really just practical, she says: Always do it in the same sink -- the process is "gross, but so good" she says in her iReport -- and always have a roll of toilet paper next to me.

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It seems an unlikely selection, but my choice would be a 48-year-old from Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, who started his working life making ceramic toilet roll handles.

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